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TORCH STOVE. APPLICATION FILED IULY Il. 1917.

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To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known that ll, FRANK heeren, a citirlhis relates to a stove particularl adapted tor use as a camp stove or porta le stove and adapted to beY heated by an ordinary gasolene torch v 'lihe main object ot the present invention is to provide a torch-stove adapted to chico tively distribute and convey heat trom the torch to the articles to be heated..

Another object ot the invention is to pro videv tor distribution oi the heat to one or more el a plurality otetove elemente tor :nepgulation or control ot the heat to eleinenh Another ,object the invention. in to prou vide einiple, cheap and durable toreh-etove,

.li 'further object ot the inven provide, in a ete-ve oi? thie hind,

nection with eating7 et the inpj or chamber which in turnu etrueted ae to utilize space and heat, 'wl .ich would `otherwiee be waeted I the aceonepanyinp; drawinge un thereto:

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naine n m il ie a longitudinal eeetion el' prises a eating l, torrned preferably oil eheet nietal., euch ae galvanieed iron, eaid casing beingn preterably rectangular' in horim eontal croee section and havingq a horieontal partition 2 dividing the casini1I into upper and. lower portions 3 and Il. eaid casing' provided with rear wall and end welle d ertendine" troni top to bottone. thereot and with a iront wall l entendinp in :trent el the upper Space d, eo 'that eaid upper space closed at the bottom andlat all eidee, but ie open at the top, suitable pride 8 and t beingn rnounted at the top oi" the casing and entendin@I over said space 3 to eu port the cooking utensile in poe1tion over tie heat ap lying elemente hereineiiterdescribed'b liar' heat aplying elemente consist preferably oi bowl e aped or tunnel sha ed rnenibere Il@ and li mounted respective y at the upper ende tube and the risers 'll and. to the tive heat applyingelem@ ot risers or vertical tubes l2 and i3, which extend upwardly from a horizontal tube or due it extending-in the lower part ot the chamber 3 and openinget one end into the outer air at l5 laterally oi' the casing. Said tube it and the portions l2, i3, ld'and il may be made in one piece, ci eaet-iron, tor example, and the niernbere l0 and ll constitute expansions at the upper ende ot the respective vertical tubes l2 and lit and said' members l0 and l1 may have upward projections or brackets i6, which are connected to the grids d and 9 respectively, by sere-we i9.

"lhe ,opening l5 of the heating,J1 tube ie preferably somewhat larger than the burner tube toren ordinary gaeolene torch, eo that when a torch, auch indicated at Fig. l, ie placed with burner oppo site the openingl l5, the liaine or hlaet trovi the torch will enter lthe tube it and ne heat th reo'l'will be dief, iuted through unid lll valve or dainper 23 ie r th ll between rieere it and hf near the tiret rieer lll, damper beingP pivoted at 2li and provided wit i a handle outside et the casing, eo ae to dile it to be turned up to position shown in dotted line in ll to dellect the hot upwardly through the tiret rieer or to be turned down more. or leen so as to permit any deeired portion ol2 the het granen to pane to the ond ritter Y llhe epace l below horinontel portion @l preferably need as a warininp; chamber being provided with a closed bottoni. plate 2li and, with a door Q98 hinged at ite lower edpge and adapted to be retained in cloned poeition by a button or latch 2T.

'llhe casing; l conetitutee a 'traine or sup port, as weil. ae an -incloeure nfor the device, and the heat applyinge,F rneane ie mounted on said traine, independently oil the mounting; or support ol the torch, and on the other hand the mounting oil the torch ie inden pendent oi the casing or supporting; trarne -tor the heat applying ineane.. 'lhie indeith 'lll

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over the casing may he removed hiena the Y vicinity of the torch, for example, with the heated articles carried thereby, `Without disturbing, the torch.

In t e operation of the stove, the torch is started in operation in the usual manner and is then placed so that the blast therefrom enters the opening 15 of tube 14; and the hot gases or products of combustion ass along through said tube 14 and upward y through one of bothl of the risers 12 and 13 and out through the heat applyin elements 10 and 11, which distribute an direct such hot gases onto the utensils or articles to be heat ed; for example, cooking utensils. The amount of heat supplied to each heating ele ment may be controlled by operation of the valve 23 as above described. l 'have found that in orderto enable edective heating at both or the heating elements, it is desirable to make the riser 12 somewhat larger than the riser 13.

if the atmospheric conditions are so windy as to interfere with the starting of the torch in operation, a protector or shield indicated v casing, adapted to support cooking utensils,

a horizontally extending tubular member. opening laterally through said casing to receive the blast from the torch, a riser extending upwardly from said tubular member andi a heat distributing member at' the of said riser and below lsaid grid.

2. A torch-stove comprising a casing, a plurality of grids at the upper portion thereof, .adapted to support cooking utensils, a horizpntally extending tubular member opening at one end laterally through the casing to receive the blast from the torch and having a plurality of risers and heat applying means at the upper end of the respective risers and below the respective grids, said heatapplyin means being formed as expansions 'of t e respective risers and being adapted to distribute the heat from the risers to all paits of said grids.

3. A torch-stove comprising a casing, a plurality of grids at the upper portion thereof, ada ted to support cooking utensils, a horizonte ly extending tubular member upper end opening at one end laterally through the casing, to receive the blast from the torch and having a. plurality oi risers, heat applying means at the upper end of the respective risers and below the respective grids, and valve means in said tube between said risers for controlling the distribution of the heat from said blast to the respective heat applying elements. j

4. In a torch-stove, a, casing, a horizontally .extending heat receiving tube opening laterally through saidcasing to receive the blast from said torch, a vertical tube extending upwardly from said heat receiving tube and a heat applying member formed as :L bowl shaped expansion at the upper end oi said vertical tube to apply heat therefrom to the articles to be heated, and a grid mounted on said heat applying member and extending over the same to support cooking utensils in position to bc heated thereby.

5. A torch-stove comprising a supporting frame, a grid mounted thereon, a tubular member having a lateral opening and adapted to receive the blast from a torch, said tubular member being `provided with an upwardly extending portion and with a heat distributing member at the upper end of said upwardly extending portion and below said grid.

6. ln a torch-stove, a supporting frame and a heat receiving tube mounted thereon, having a lateral opening to receive the blast from a torch, a vertical tube extending upwardly from said heat receiving tube and a heat applying member formed as an expansion at the upper end of said vertical tube and a grid mounted on said trame and extendingover said heat applying means and adapted to support the articles to be heated.

7. rlhe combination with a. torch, of a stove comprising a frame provided with heat applying means and with a horizontally extending tubular heat receiving means communicating with said heat applying means and having a lateral opening adapted to receive heat Vfrom a torch, said frame being provided with means adapted to support cooking utensils in position to be heated by said heat applying means and said torch being mounted independently of the frame of said stove.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 6th 110 

